Facebook just rolled out some pretty cool features that let you…
1. Tag who you’re with when you post
2. Add your location when you post
3. Target your posts to specific friends or Lists
Long ago I organized my Facebook Friends into Lists. Since many of my friends are also windsurfers, I created a List of just those friends.
How Do I Create a List?
1. First, in the upper navigation click on Profile.
2. This brings you to your Profile Page, then look at your Friends in the left hand column; click on Friends.
3. This brings up a new page of all your friends; now in the upper right area find the button that says Edit Friends; click on Edit Friends.
4. This takes you to a new page that will allow you to edit your friends. Now in the upper right area, look for the button that says Create a List. Here’s where you can create a new list of friends who share a common interest or history with you.
5. Once you title your List, then scroll through your friends and tag each friend you’d like to add to the list.
So Now I Have a List, How Do I Target My Posts to My List?
First click on Update Status. This draws up a new window and notice how along the bottom of the window it has a portrait icon on the far left (this lets you tag who you’re with), to the right of this is the location icon (this lets you tag where you are), and now to the far right it reads Custom.
1. Click on Custom and it brings up a drop down menu which reads Public, Friends, Custom. Click on Custom.
2. This brings up a pop up window with an option to post to Friends of Friends, Friends, Specific People, or Only Me. Click on Specific People.
3. Once you click on Specific People, type in the name of your new List. This will set your posts to now post only to your List.
Is My List Private?
If your Privacy Settings are set so that only Friends see your posts, now only your List (subset of your Friends) will see your posts. Pretty cool!